BATON ROUGE, LA. – Bethune-Cookman Track and Field concluded the 2025 season at Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships with a 5th place men's finish and 8th place women's finish this weekend at A.W. Mumford Stadium.

The Wildcat men finished fifth out of eleven total teams with 80 total points. Texas Southern took the team title with 136 points, followed by Jackson State with 125 and Alabama State with 93.

Carlos Moore and Michael Walker were the only Wildcats to secure a first-place finishes on the week - Moore jumping a first place 6.88m in the long jump and Walker marking a first-place 52.70m in the javelin.
 
Victor Kibet's 32:37.05 time was good for a third-place finish in the 10000m.
 
Kaden McKire finished third in the Heptathlon 1000m with a 2:56.63 time.

Shanard Walker earned a third place finish in the 400m final with a time of 45.73.
 
A group of Wildcat men secured the third-place podium spot in the 4x100 Relay with a 40.29 time.
 
The B-CU women finished eighth out of eleven teams with 41 points. Florida A&M took the title with 127.5 points, followed by Alabama State with 124.5 points and Southern University with 105.5 points.
 
Jamelia Simmons was the top finisher for the Wildcats with a second-place 2:32.69 finish in the Indoor Pentathlon 800m. She also finished second in the Indoor Pentathlon High Jump with 1.53m.

Riana Wilford earned a third place finish in the pole vault with a mark of 3.18m

Kasie Ugeh finished second in the javelin with a mark of 40.08m. She also finished third in the discus with a mark of 42.70m.

The full list of B-CU times and finishes is listed below:

Men's Dec 100m
4. Brandon Pierce 11.66
6. Kaden McKire 11.94
8. Carlos Moore 12.29

Men's 400m Finals
3. Shanard Walker 45.73

Men's Dec Long Jump
3. Kaden McKire 6.45m
4. Carlos Moore 6.42m
6. Brandon Pierce 6.04m

Men's Dec Shot Put
6. Brandon Pierce 9.03m
7. Kaden McKire 9.01m
8. Carlos Moore 8.15m

Men's Dec High Jump
3. Kaden McKire 1.80m
4. Carlos Moore 1.74m
4. Brandon Pierce 1.74m (PR)

Men's Dec 400m
3. Brandon Pierce 53.04
7. Carlos Moore 58.04
8. Kaden McKire 1:03.35

Men's 1500m Finals
7. Ryan Longmire 4:06.81
10. Victor Kibet 4:14.20

Men's Hammer Throw
5. Jordan Riche 50.54m
 
Men's Long Jump
6. Xavier Bogan 7.15m
8. Sytrevion Dyer 7.13m
10. Michael Carter 7.02m
 
Men's Javelin Throw
1. Michael Walker 52.17
6. Nehemiah Armstrong 49.88
 
Men's 10000m
3. Victor Kibet 32:37.05

Men's 5000m
6. Victor Kibet 16:12.26
 
Men's Dec 110mH
3. Brandon Pierce 15.77
4. Carlos Moore 17.09
 
Men's Dec Discus
6. Brandon Pierce 22.93m
7. Carlos Moore 18.18m
8. Kaden McKire 18.10m
 
Men's Dec Pole Vault
5. Brandon Pierce 3.30m
7. Carlos Moore 2.90 (PR)
 
Men's Dec Javelin
5. Brandon Pierce 34.90m
6. Carlos Moore 34.71m
8. Kaden McKire 32.33
 
Men's Dec 1500m
3. Brandon Pierce 5:18.34
7. Carlos Moore 5:31.06 (PR)
8. Kaden McKire 7:28.55
 
Men's Shot Put
7. William Rothmiller 14.94m (PR)
 
Men's 3000m SC
4. Majet Bethely 9:58.92
6. Gerrard Griffin 10:21.52 (PR)

Men's 5000m
6. Victor Kibet 16:12.26

Men's 4x100 Relay
3. Ja'Quon King, Shanard Walker, Jonathan Gaines, Montreal Bennett 40.29

Men's 4x400 Relay
5. Ja'Quon King, Shanard Walker, Jonathan Gaines, Jancent Wallace 3:10.40
 
Men's Pole Vault
4. Jabari Armant 4.27m
10. Brandon Pierce 3.37m

Men's Triple Jump
11. Michael Carter 14.69m

Men's Discus
5. William Rothmiller 45.75m
10. Michael Walker 44.02m

Men's Hammer
5. Jordan Riche 50.54m

Men's Javelin
1. Michael Walker 52.70m
6. Nehemiah Armstrong 49.88m

Men's Decathlon
4. Brandon Pierce 5344 points
6. Carlos Moore 4654 points
8. Kaden McKire 3299 points

Women's Hept 100mH
11. Jamelia Simmons 16.85

Women's Hept High Jump
3. Jamelia Simmons 1.59m

Women's Hept Shot Put
5. Jamelia Simmons 9.94m

Women's Hept 200m
4. Jamelia Simmons 25.74

Women's Javelin Throw
2. Kasie Ugeh 40.08m
9. Jamelia Simmons 33.15m
 
Women's Long Jump
10. Zion Harvey 5.56m
 
Women's Hept Long Jump
8. Jamelia Simmons 5.10m

Women's Hept Javelin
3. Jamelia Simmons 28.96m
 
Women's Hept 800m
3. Jamelia Simmons 2:33.77 (SB)
 
Women's Shot Put
7. Kasie Ugeh 12.62m
13. Mychaela Parker 11.95m
 
Women's Pole Vault
3. Riana Wilford 3.18m
 
Women's High Jump
8. Jamelia Simmons 1.57m
9. LaNeeya Garrison 1.52m
 
Women's 3000m SC
8. Valencia Butler 12:43.17

Women's 4x400 Relay
5. Haely Grant, Zion Harvey, Morgan Middleton, Alyssa Williams 3:48.38

Women's Triple Jump
14. Lauren Johnson 11.55m
19. LaNeeya Garrison 10.89m

Women's Discus
3. Kasie Ugeh 42.70m
8. Camille Armstrong 39.35m


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